Time taken to solve: Don’t ask! I got off to a flying start in the NW corner and thought it was going to be an enjoyable if quirky ride; just the sort of puzzle I … Read more “24017 – Quirky”
Month: September 2008
Times 24016 – so how’s your spelling?
Solving time : 16 minutes. Got a fast start on this and filled in a lot of the grid, then got held up on some very silly spelling mistakes – a pheromonic application and an … Read more “Times 24016 – so how’s your spelling?”
24015 – all human life is here …
… which you could say about many Times xwds, but here we’ve got Mr. Punch and Dick Turpin, books and TV, farming, music, hats, football and skiing, and much else. I enjoyed this puzzle with … Read more “24015 – all human life is here …”
The Chambers Dictionary – 11th Edition
ISBN 978-0-550-10289-8, £25 on the initial special offer, cover price is £35. Doubtless cheaper at online bookshops. Many crossword solvers will buy this simply because by about the end of the year it will be … Read more “The Chambers Dictionary – 11th Edition”
Jumbo 773
Solving time: 53 mins Maybe a little bit more difficult than an average Jumbo, but I think I’m still a bit slower with these than usual.Plenty of novel answers and clues, from which I hope … Read more “Jumbo 773”
Times 24014 The Glossy Omath
Solving time : 50 minutes including some fruitless research to try to explain 2 down I thought this a difficult puzzle which I had to work hard at, often reverse engineering the word play from … Read more “Times 24014 The Glossy Omath”
Times Crossword 24013
I had trouble logging onto the club site today, but found the crossword here:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/crosswords/printOnly/1,,,00.html?linkName=&linkType=&crosswordID=&day=8&month=9&year=2008&type=1 Time: Not sure, but over an hour.I found this particularly hard to get into. The bottom half wasn’t too bad but … Read more “Times Crossword 24013”
ST 4292 (Sun 31 Aug) – Sofia so good
I’ve lost my solving time for this, but I think it was about average. There were some trickier words this week though, as well as an erroneous definition at 18dn. * = anagram. Across 1 … Read more “ST 4292 (Sun 31 Aug) – Sofia so good”
Mephisto 2505 Paul McKenna
This is an excellent puzzle, difficult but always scrupulously fair. At times it reminded me of the Ximenes puzzles of the 1960s. 28D is for example a clue that I think X would have been … Read more “Mephisto 2505 Paul McKenna”
Times Saturday 24006 (Aug 30)
Solving time 18:46, pretty slow I think, as there doesn’t seem to be too much particularly difficult here now I’m looking at it again. Across 1 DEADLY SIN – (dines, lady)* 6 LAGOS – O … Read more “Times Saturday 24006 (Aug 30)”